Barbara Paulus

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Barbara Paulus
Country (sports)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Residence Hinterbrühl
Born (1970-09-01) 1 September 1970 (age 54)
Vienna, Austria
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Turned proJuly 1986
Retired2001
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$1,294,445
Singles
Career record280–166
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 10 (18 November 1996) [1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 4R (1990, 1995)
French Open 4R (1997)
Wimbledon 2R (1995, 1997)
US Open 4R (1989, 1990)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals RR (1990, 1996)
Olympic Games 3R (1988)
Doubles
Career record26–43
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 83 (17 July 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1990)
French Open 1R (1989)
Wimbledon 1R (1990)
US Open 1R (1989, 1990)
Team competitions
Fed Cup Record 9–13

Barbara Paulus (born 1 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career, she won a total of seven WTA tournaments (six singles titles, one doubles title). Paulus competed for the Austria Fed Cup team on 21 occasions in singles and doubles, winning nine of her 22 matches.

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Career

Paulus is one of the most successful Austrian female tennis players, being one of only two to be ranked in the top 10 (along with Barbara Schett), despite having a career plagued with injuries. She won six singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Her best results include victories over Chris Evert, Mary Pierce, Gabriela Sabatini, Conchita Martínez, and Jana Novotná. [2]

After reaching as high as No. 12 in the world in 1990, [2] she sustained injuries to her knee and both wrists which required her to have surgery and kept her sidelined for many months through 1992 and 1993. [2] [3] Her comeback from injury eventually bore her much success, with four WTA titles between 1995 and 1997, a top-ten ranking, and reaching her biggest career final at the Tier I Family Circle Cup, where she lost in three sets to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. [4]

Her career effectively ended in 1998 after an elbow injury, though she made a brief return in 2001. [5]

Awards

WTA career finals

Singles: 17 (6–11)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–1)
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III (2–5)
Tier IV (3–2)
Tier V (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (5–5)
Carpet (0–2)
ResultW/LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0May 1988 Geneva, SwitzerlandTier VClay Flag of the United States.svg Lori McNeil 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Loss1–1Aug 1988 Sofia, BulgariaTier VHard Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez 6–1, 6–2
Loss1–2Jul 1989 Arcachon, SpainTier VClay Flag of Austria.svg Judith Wiesner 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Loss1–3Jan 1990 Sydney, AustraliaTier IIIHard Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natasha Zvereva 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win2–3May 1990Geneva, SwitzerlandTier IVClay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Helen Kelesi 2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss2–4Jul 1990 Palermo, ItalyTier IVClay Flag of Germany.svg Isabel Cueto 6–2, 6–3
Loss2–5Oct 1990 Filderstadt, GermanyTier IIHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Mary Joe Fernández 6–1, 6–3
Win3–5Sep 1995 Warsaw, PolandTier IIIClay Flag of France.svg Alexandra Fusai 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–1
Win4–5Nov 1995 Pattaya, ThailandTier IVHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yi Jingqian 6–4, 6–3
Loss4–6Jan 1996 Auckland, New ZealandTier IVHard Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Cacic 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Loss4–7Apr 1996 Hilton Head Island, USTier IClay Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Loss4–8May 1996 Strasbourg, FranceTier IIIClay Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win5–8Aug 1996 Maria Lankowitz, AustriaTier IVClay Flag of Italy.svg Sandra Cecchini 40–15 ret.
Loss5–9Sep 1996Warsaw, PolandTier IIIClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Henrieta Nagyová 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss5–10Oct 1996 Moscow, RussiaTier IIICarpet (i) Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win6–10Jul 1997Warsaw, PolandTier IIIClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Henrieta Nagyová6–4, 6–4
Loss6–11Oct 1997 Luxembourg Tier IIICarpet (i) Flag of South Africa.svg Amanda Coetzer 6–4, 3–6, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Winner – Legend'
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (0–0)
Tier V (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW/LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 1988 Sofia, BulgariaTier VHard Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Sabrina Goleš
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Katerina Maleeva
1–6, 6–1, 6–4

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–3)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.16 November 1987Wels, AustriaHard (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Denisa Krajčovičová 6–2, 6–2
Loss1.27 September 1993Kirchheim, AustriaClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurence Courtois 1–6, 3–6
Win2.29 August 1994Maribor, SloveniaHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Maja Živec-Škulj 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss2.4 March 1996Prostějov, Czech RepublicHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis 1–6, 4–6
Loss3.27 January 1996Prostějov, Czech RepublicCarpet (i) Flag of Slovakia.svg Karina Habšudová 7–6(9–7), 1–6, 3–6

Doubles (0–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.25 August 1986Wels, AustriaClay Flag of Austria.svg Bettina Diesner Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Paulette Moreno
Flag of Austria.svg Karin Oberleitner
5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Loss2.16 November 1987Wels, AustriaHard (i) Flag of Austria.svg Petra Schwarz Flag of Austria.svg Petra Hentschl
Flag of Germany.svg Eva-Maria Schürhoff
4–6, 4–6

References

  1. Barbara Paulus at the ITF official website
  2. 1 2 3 Admin (7 April 2017). "Barbara Paulus". WTA Tennis.
  3. "Pierce, Martinez advance in Italian Open". Deseret News . Archived from the original on January 8, 2018.
  4. "LaChappa Remains Hospitalized". Los Angeles Times . 8 April 1996.
  5. ""Ich stand nie gerne im Rampenlicht"".
  6. Barbara Paulus Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine at the WTA Tour's official website